RMC Player Experience:
Players are expected to report to the Player Check-in tent prior to their event start time. Emails will be sent out to players within the week before their registered event regarding their division’s block of pool-play court assignments.
A "Pre-Event Orientation" will take place at the "Player Tent" 15 minutes prior to your event start time.
Referees will be stationed near each pod of courts. Players will receive a text with their next court assignment and report to the nearest ref station to receive their match ball.
Any on-court disputes that cannot be solved by the players should be resolved by the assigned court monitor. Referees will be assigned to all medal matches, as well as any other matches if available.
Event Format:
Every division will be played in 2 parts: Pool play, followed by a bracket. Pools will be determined by team DUPR average at the time of registration, and seeded accordingly. Pool play results will determine bracket play seeding. Pool Play Results will be weighted as follows: Game Differential, then Point Differential.
Tiebreakers will be decided first by head to head, then point differential, then coin toss.
Players will be given 5 minutes warm-up on their first ASSIGNED court for the day, and 3 minutes warm-up for subsequent pool play matches. Scores will be input by the players in pickleballbrackets.com, and confirmed by their opponents, (or auto confirmed after 3 minutes) after each game. At the completion of pool play, players will be given a short break while the remaining pools are completed, the scores are tallied, and the bracket is prepared. The results will be shared online through pickleballbrackets.com. Subsequent bracket play court assignments will be sent as text messages with match info and court assignments.
Open Division brackets will be pool play, followed by single elimination, with semifinalists playing for Bronze/4th place and for Gold/Silver on Championship Sunday. All Open Division Gold medal matches will be played on Championship Sunday.
Scoring Format: Pool play games will be 1 game to 11 points, win by 2 for pools of 5 or more teams. Pools of 4 or less will play to 15 win by 2. Bracket play will be 1 game to 15, win by 2, including the bronze medal match, and finals will all be best 2/3 games to 11, win by 2. Scoring format subject to change based on bracket sizes and Tournament Director discretion. The RMC will be following USAP sanctioned tournament guidelines, with any and all decisions made final by the Tournament Director.
Medals will be awarded to the medalists in all divisions.
Water and snacks will be provided for registered players in the Picklr Player Tent.
Official Ball of the RMC 2026: JOOLA HC-40
We are abiding by Official USAP Rules
Paddles must be listed on the current USAP Approved paddle list to be eligible for play
